Chris Mccandless 's Into The Wild Essay

Imagine dropping everything you had and all you’ve ever lived for to go on a journey that could enable you to reach a lifelong goal you’ve always had. The downside is that it would not be a simple journey, but a journey that would be very difficult, painful, and could even result in your own death! Would you do it? Would you risk your life in order to achieve a single goal? Chris McCandless would do it, and he did. Chris McCandless was a bold character in the book, Into the Wild. McCandless was a very intelligent man who had big dreams in mind that he was determined to achieve. On Tuesday, April 28, 1992 he set out on a journey striving to, one day, reach the Alaskan wilderness and live off the land for a few months before returning home with satisfaction. McCandless didn’t tell very many people about his journey, not even his family members! The reason behind this is not made very clear, however, we do know that he was a man that embraced transcendentalism and strongly believed in his capabilities. Transcendentalism is based on the idea that, in order to understand the nature of reality, one must first examine and analyze the reasoning process that governs the nature of experience. There are five transcendental keys and Chris McCandless managed to accomplish all five of them, numerous times, through his actions. Chris McCandless, who later changed his name to Alexander(Alex) Supertramp, was adventurous, confident, and determined. He strongly believed in reducing his…

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provide different battles for every individual, Chris McCandless transformed pride from a deadly sin to a very literal meaning. On April 28th, 1992, Chris embarked on his great Alaskan journey only to be found dead on September 6th of the same year. In Jon Krakauer 's novel Into the Wild, we are given an inside view into Chris ' solitary journey from Emory University to the abandoned bus where he drew his final breath. I firmly believe that Chris ' death could have been avoided if it were not for…

and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun” (Krakauer 40), remarked Chris McCandless, the idealistic adventurer who embarked on a once in a lifetime expedition throughout the North American wilderness in Jon Krakauer 's novel, Into The Wild. Within the story, McCandless was both an ill-prepared greenhorn and an adventurer; with his free-spirited, nature-loving demeanor, he chose to leave the only place he had ever called…

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the rules and if we choose to be disobedient we suffer the consequences. In the mind of Chris McCandless, his utopian world was one where he was free do whatever he pleased without being constrained by the barriers of society. Throughout the novel, Into The Wild, numerous amounts of themes are displayed within the life of Chris McCandless. The most dominant theme and moral of his life tends to be freedom. Chris felt that the only way to be free was to embark on a journey to discover total isolation…

presented at the start. Comparatively, in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, Chris McCandless is presented as a selfless man for feeding the homeless and donating money to OXFAM, a charity dedicated to solving the hunger crisis. However, he constantly leaves people behind and hurts the people who help him the most. The constant abandonment of people close to him including Jan Burres, Ronald Franz, and his parents demonstrates that Chris is actually a selfish man who puts his own fear of human intimacy…

only real when shared", a quote by Chris McCandless. Chris went into the wilderness to experience adventures and to find his meaning of happiness. He found happiness in both nature and his heart. He realized that the feeling and experiences of his happiness were best shared with someone. Throughout the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer, Jon talked about the folks Chris had befriended along the way on his adventures and the strong impressions he left.
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